System and method for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network. In certain embodiments, the method comprises the steps of supplying an account in an electronic health record to a first user, providing health information about patients to the first user on a user interface, receiving a request to enter a brief patient note through the user interface, displaying a dialogue box through which the first user enters text to create a brief patient note, and storing the brief patient note on a central repository.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network comprising the steps of:
 supplying an account in an electronic health record to a first user;   providing health information about patients to the first user through a user interface;   receiving a request to enter a brief patient note through the user interface;   displaying a dialogue box through which the first user enters text to create a brief patient note; and   storing the brief patient note on a central repository.   
     
     
         2 . The method for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network of  claim 1  further comprising steps of:
 supplying an account in an electronic health record to one or more second users; 
 displaying one more second users to the first user; 
 receiving selections of the one or more second users from the first user; and 
 displaying the brief patient note to the one or more second users selected by the first user. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network of  claim 2  further comprising step of transmitting the brief patient note to the one or more second users by email. 
     
     
         4 . The method for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network of  claim 2  further comprising steps of:
 creating an audit log of each user who accesses the brief patient note; 
 storing the audit log on the central repository; and 
 displaying the audit log to first user through a user interface. 
 
     
     
         5 . A system for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network comprising:
 one or more servers coupled to one or more networks;   a central repository coupled to the one or more servers coupled to one or more networks; and   a non-transitory computer readable media coupled to one or more servers, where in the non-transitory computer readable media encodes instructions for caring out a method of obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes comprising the steps of:   supplying an account in an electronic health record to a first user;   providing health information about patients to the first user through a user interface;   receiving a request to enter a brief patient note through the user interface;   displaying a dialogue box through which the first user enters text to create a brief patient note; and   storing the brief patient note on the central repository.   
     
     
         6 . The system for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network of  claim 5  wherein the instructions for caring out a method of obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes further comprise the steps of:
 supplying an account in an electronic health record to one or more second users;
 displaying one more second users to the first user; 
 receiving selections of the one or more second users from the first user; and 
 displaying the brief patient note to the one or more second users selected by the first user. 
 
 
     
     
         7 . The system for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network of  claim 6  wherein the instructions for caring out a method of obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes further comprise the step of transmitting the brief patient note to the one or more second users by email. 
     
     
         8 . The system for obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes over a computer network of  claim 6  wherein the instructions for caring out a method of obtaining and transmitting brief patient notes further comprise the steps of:
 creating an audit log of each user who accesses the brief patient note; 
 storing the audit log on the central repository; and 
 displaying the audit log to the first user through a user interface.